Shutter-worker



(No Model.)

J. C. DRIGGS. SHUTTER WORKER.

Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

Y r 'g I'nverQ/or UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEHIEL (l. DRIGGS, OF NEWARK, NET JERSEY.

SHUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,989, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed June 24, 1885.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, .IEHIEL C. DEicGs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex'and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Vorkers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the process of opening and closing a windowshutter and to enable a person to carry out the operation more conveniently.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure l is a plan of the improved shutter-worker arranged in connection with a window frame and shutter. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the relation of parts when the shutter is closed. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken through line x, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a pin employed in connection with the connecting-rod.

In said drawings, c indicates the sill of a window-frame, and b ashutter. c is a slotted plate arranged longitudinally on the sill, and preferably raised above the same, although it may be fiat on said sill andthe latter be cut out beneath. Of said plate c c are feet to raise the said plate above the sill, c is a longitudinal slot or opening therein, 0 are holding-notches arranged at various points on or in said plate, to hold the shutter in the several desirable positions, and c4isalarger opening at one end of the slot to allow the insertion and withdrawal of the shoe of the fingerpin in and from the slot.

A longitudinal rib may be formed on the said plate to give stiffness and strength to said plate.

Upon the inner face of the shutter (when the latter is closed) is secured a bracket, d,

(No model having an arm projecting therefrom upon which is pivoted one end of a connecting rod or bar, e, the other end of which rod is attached to the slotted plate by the finger-pin f. Said finger-pin is secured in a perforation in said connectingrod, and has a tapering shank, g, which extends into the said longitudinal slot. The smaller end of said shank is of a size to slide freely along said slot, while the upper and larger portion is only allowed to drop when it arrives at one of the stopnotches of the said slot, in which ease it drops automatically into the said notch and holds the connecting-rod and the shutter stationary.`

The lower end of the linger-pin is provided with a stop or shoe, 7L, larger than the slot, to prevent the withdrawal of the pin therefrom. The shoe, however, may be inserted or withdrawn through the larger opening when the opposite end of the connecting-rod is detached from the bracket, the said larger opening being beyond the limit of the action of the pin when in connection with the shutter.

Upon the connecting-rod I may form ahook, m, and on the shutter secure a co-operating hook, a. These are so disposed as to come together into holding relation, as shown in Fig. 4, when the shutter closes, so that the said shutter will be more firmly held. The notch and pin, however, will, in connection with the pivoted connected rod, be sufficient' under ordinary circumstances to hold the shutter.

In operation, the shutter being closed, as in Fig. 3, the pin is raised so as to slide freely in the slot. It then as the shutter opens moves toward the larger opening or toward the center of the sill, but stops short of said larger opening and returns. If the pin is allowed to drop into the first notch, the shutter will be held in a position toform a bow with the shutter on the opposite side of the window. If at the next notch, it will stand half open, while the notch nearest the hinge of the shutter holds the shutter wide open, as in Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention,what I claim as new is- 1. In combination, the :slotted and notched sill-plate, the connecting-rod and shutterbraeket, and a finger-pin having a tapering IOO In testimony that I clairn'theA foregoing I ro Y have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of June, 1885.

JEHIEL C. DRIGGS.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. BELL, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL. 

